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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- RIGHT-OF-WAY

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Read, Shallcross Smith, Casimiro, Furtado, Santucci,
McNamara, and Noret

     Date Introduced: February 28, 2025

     Referred To: House Judiciary

     (Judiciary)

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 31-17-5.1 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-17 entitled "Right-Of-

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Way" is hereby amended to read as follows:

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     31-17-5.1. Penalties.

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     Any person who violates any provision of §§ 31-17-1 — 31-17-5, pertaining to the right-

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of-way of pedestrians, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than seventy-

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five ($75.00) subject to the fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-4.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- RIGHT-OF-WAY

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     This act would amend the general law relative to right-of-way of pedestrians to reference

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the schedule of violations for the adjudication of traffic offenses contained in § 31-41.1-4.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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